10 August 2010
Life and it's twist and turns... ink to remind us by.
The meaning and significance of ink on my body has with age and life experience, taken on a deeper and more spiritual meaning, since I had my first tattoo at age 18 just for the fun of it (tribal scorpio) my star-sign on my upper right arm...
The birth of my baby daughter in 2003 heralded a new era in my life and I celebrated it with her name on my inner left forearm in Old English - Trinity Chi. I followed this with John 3:16, after I sought religion as the solution to my addiction in 2005, by marking my right inner forearm with this bible verse in Arabic and the Chinese symbol for "New" on my heart.
Smaller less significant ones like gratitude on my neck in Chinese, "courage" on my lower back (Chinese Zodiac, Tiger characteristic) and a big tribal design surrounding my previous scorpio sign has since sprung up across my body with more ideas in the pipeline ;-) The most significant of them all though to date is - The Serenity Prayer (Full Version) in Latin - that I had done all down my left ribcage. I did this in gratitude towards the program of Alcoholics Anonymous that gave me a soltution against me and my addiction.
My journey is far from over and i'm sure there is more experience - thus ink - to follow. I love life and live it to the full. May you live yours in same way....
